Murder suspect bites deputy in court

By Tracy Neal

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 2:29 p.m.

Justin Wedgworth
Detective Tom Boyle, left, with the Bentonville Police Department, escorts Huong Thi Truong, 28, of Bentonville, to a bond hearing Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, in Judge GreenÕs court at the Benton County Courthouse. Truong, was arrested in connection with the felony first-degree murder of Minh Van Trinh.

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BENTONVILLE — Huong Thi Truong’s court appearance Monday was suppose to be a simple one, but it ended in an altercation in which authorities she bit a sheriff’s deputy.

Deputy Prosecutor Brandon Carter confirmed that Truong had bitten a deputy.

Huong Thi Truong, 28, is charged with murder in the first degree in connection with the August shooting death of a man at her front door.

The proceedings in her case were suspended in November after her attorney requested a mental evaluation. The results of the evaluation are not back, so Monday’s hearing was going to be reset pending return of the findings of the evaluation.

Truong’s appearance went smoothly when she appeared before Circuit Judge Robin Green, who gave a new date — Feb. 21. — for the hearing.

The trouble began when Truong returned to her seat.

She began talking and sheriff’s deputies asked her to be quiet, however, Truong continued and deputies were going to remove her from the courtroom and place her in a holding cell.

Deputies began removing a screaming Troung from the courtroom and she bit a deputy in the encounter.

Truong is accused of shooting and killing 41-year-old Minh Van Trinh.

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Boy, I'll bet that hurt his encounter. I sure wouldn't want mine bitten.That's too close to the elsewhere or other.

Posted by: Oldearkie

January 30, 2012 at 10:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )